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• Minnesota Deputy Shot with Arrow, Wounded Suspect in Custody

  14-09-2018 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man was injured in an officer-involved shooting Thursday in Sauk Centre, MN, after a Stearns County sheriff's deputy was shot in the arm by an arrow, according to Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson.The sheriff told KTSP a stolen pickup from Osakis was driven into Sauk Centre shortly after 10 a.m. Gudmundson said the vehicle struck a building, drove through backyards and struck parked cars. The truck then smashed into a garage on 10th Street, where the suspect t
  
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• Illinois Officer Shot at Traffic Stop, Civilian Shoots at Suspect

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  A Cicero, IL, police officer was shot Thursday evening near the Cicero Avenue exit of I-55, investigators say."Cicero getting off I-55, I've been shot, I've been shot several times," Officer Luis Duarte said over the radio, calling in his own injury Thursday evening.Officers were trying to pull over a car with California plates that had been reported stolen, according to investigators. "The vehicle refused to stop, our officers were able to box the vehicle in right at the entrance ramp at I-55 a
  
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• Georgia DA Releases Video of Incident Where Man Killed 2 Deputies

  14-09-2018 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Peach County, GA, district attorney's office has released a dashcam video of a November 2016 incident in which two sheriff's deputies were killed when they tried to arrest a local man.Ralph Stanley “Robin” Elrod Jr. was captured on a cellphone threatening to kill another man who was riding a motorcycle on the road outside his home. Deputies Daryl Smallwood and Patrick Sondron responded and Elrod shot and killed them when they tried to arrest him over the threat.Elrod was later ta
  
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• Texas Officer Fighting for Life After Being Shot in Head

  14-09-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Fort Worth, TX, officer remains in critical condition Friday afternoon after he was shot in the head as police confronted a group of men while they were reportedly robbing a bar early Friday morning.Garrett Hull, a 17-year veteran of the department, was critically wounded and the man who shot him was killed when police tried to stop the robbery, police said. Hull, was with at least 10 other police who were conducting surveillance on a group of people suspected in a series of rob
  
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• Major City Homicide Detectives Overwhelmed by Murder Rate

  14-09-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since 2012, someone has been murdered nearly every 24 hours in Detroit, a city long plagued by violence. Despite sweeping changes to make the homicide division more efficient, police arrest suspects in fewer than half of all killings.Over a five-year period, each detective in Detroit has been tasked with solving an average of about eight new slayings annually — a caseload exceeding what policing experts say should be no more than five homicides per detective, per year.Major police departme
  
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• How the Threat of Terrorism has Changed Since 9/11

  14-09-2018 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesEarlier this week, we paused to pay tribute to the Americans who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.Of the 2,996 people killed, 23 were officers with the New York City Police Department, 343 were firefighters with the New York City Fire Department, and 37 were officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department — all of whom perished when the Twin Towers collapsed.Countless other first responders have died &mdash
  
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• Savage Service Purchase Program Going Strong

  14-09-2018 01:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Savage appreciates the sacrifices made every day by the countless men and women who protect and serve our communities. In support of all they do and have done, the firearms company is now offering discounted pricing to all active duty, veteran and retired military, first responders and law enforcement personnel.The "Savage Service Program"—already underway—offers qualified customers the opportunity to directly purchase firearms at 30% off Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)
  
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